MySQL Startup Error - Root element missing

I have had MySQL installed for about 2 months on Windows Server 2003 R2. On start up we get presented with an error that says "High Severity Error - root element missing" followed by another high severity error that displays "Log file path must be defined before calling the WriteToLog method".

Any help with this would be appreciated!

Solution 1:

This might be a problem with MySQL notifier config file. As described here, there is something wrong with your config file. You just have to remove it (or rename it to something else) and launch the MySQL notifier again - config file will be recreated automatically.

In my case, the config file was in the C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Roaming\Oracle\MySQL Notifier\settings.config path. Removing it solved the problem.

Solution 2:

I, too, ran across this problem on my local install of MySQL Notifier, and neither deleting settings.config, nor reinstalling had any effect. Further investigation lead me to a file in the same folder with the name connections.xml that only contained a single space character. Deleting that file and restarting the notifier did the trick, though, so if (like me) deleting settings.config doesn't correct the problem, look for connections.xml, and inspect that file for possible problems, deleting when necessary.